2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waterloo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Waterloo consist of just two people. This small community has a higher proportion of people living alone and one-parent families than is typical for the state and the nation.
2.2
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- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Waterloo — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. With so many single-person homes, the typical home in Waterloo holds 2.2 people, slightly lower than the Tasmanian average of 2.4.
31.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waterloo, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.9% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 42.9% being couples without children.
17.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterloo, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (19%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60721/waterloo/topic/family-households